Apparences, indices et attitude énonciative : le cas de apparemment (original) (raw)

Langue française, 2009

Abstract

The aim of this article is to give a semantic and enunciative description of Modern French adverb opporemment. This description is supported additionally by the evolution of apparemment from Medieval French until today. Modern French presents three separate uses of the adverb. Apparemment 1 , quite scarce today, is a item subjunct which occurs only in negative contexts. Apparemment 2 , is a polyphonic subjunct, and determines an adjective or a past participle with the meaning "seemingly, [but not actually]". Apparemment 3 is an enunciative polyphonic adverb, very common today in spoken French. When uttering apparemment 3 p, the speaker refers to a certain number of facts, which he presents as indications supporting a conclusion he does not entirely assume. Apparemment 3 is used by the speaker to distance himself from a certain viewpoint. It can be related to a pragmatic function of attenuation, and thus works as a marker of the enunciative attitude of the speaker.

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